Abstract: A user apparatus according to an embodiment is provided in a wireless communication system in which D2D communications are supported. The user apparatus includes a resource allocation unit configured to allocate a resource for D2D control information to be transmitted at a transmission timing subsequent to a predetermined transmission timing; and a transmission unit configured to transmit resource reservation information including information indicating the resource for D2D control information.

Abstract: Provided are a timer-based method for a terminal for requesting a system information block (SIB), and an apparatus for supporting the method in a wireless communication system. The method may comprise the steps of: determining whether an essential SIB has been omitted from a cell; requesting the omitted essential SIB from an RAN if the essential SIB is determined to have been omitted from the cell; starting a system information request timer; and re-requesting the omitted essential SIB from the RAN when the system information request timer expires.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method of receiving uplink control information in a communication system.

Abstract: Example implementations relate to a radio interrupt reboot. For example, an apparatus may include a first processing resource connected via an interface to a second processing resource. The first processing resource may execute instructions to receive an interrupt generated by a radio coupled to the second processing resource, increment a counter in response to receiving the interrupt during a configurable time interval, and determine that the counter has not been incremented during a threshold number of configurable time intervals. The first processing resource may execute instructions to reboot the first processing resource and the second processing resource in response to the determination that the counter has not been incremented during the threshold number of configurable time intervals.

Abstract: A method for communication includes receiving and forwarding packets in multiple flows to respective egress interfaces of a switching element for transmission to a network. For each of one or more of the egress interfaces, in each of a succession of arbitration cycles, a respective number of the packets in each of the plurality of the flows that are queued for transmission through the egress interface is assessed, and the flows for which the respective number is less than a selected threshold to a first group, while assigning the flows for which the respective number is equal to or greater than the selected threshold are assigned to a second group. The received packets that have been forwarded to the egress interface and belong to the flows in the first group are transmitted with a higher priority than the flows in the second group.

Abstract: Uplink control channel resource allocation for an enhanced downlink control channel is disclosed. A first example method disclosed herein includes receiving, at a user equipment (UE), a downlink control channel carrying a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource indicator, mapping the PUCCH resource indicator to a first offset, mapping a position of the downlink control channel to a second offset, and mapping a linear combination of the first and second offsets to an index identifying a first PUCCH resource. A second example method disclosed herein includes, in response to receiving, at a UE, an indication of a dynamic resource offset in an enhanced physical downlink control channel (ePDCCH) transmitted in a first ePDCCH set, determining a position of the ePDCCH and a subframe offset, and processing the indication of the dynamic resource offset, the position and the subframe offset to determine an allocated uplink control channel resource for the UE.

Abstract: A measurement apparatus and method. The method includes sending, by a radio access network system, information about a subframe mode corresponding to at least one beam, where the information about the subframe mode instructs a UE to perform measurement according to the information about the subframe mode, and the method further includes receiving, by the radio access network system, a measurement result sent by the UE. The measurement apparatus and method can be used to perform the measurement in a millimeter wave scenario.

Abstract: Wireless transmission regulation for a frequency band associated with Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) is described. In an example, a sensor associated with a device, which is configured to operate in the frequency band, can scan at least a portion of the frequency band to generate sensor data indicating at least energy present in the portion of the frequency band. The device can determine, based at least in part on analyzing the sensor data, a presence of another device utilizing the frequency band. The other device can be a priority user having priority access over the device. The device can transmit the sensor data to a base station that is configured to analyze the sensor data and determine how to transmit one or more communications within the frequency band, based at least in part on the sensor data and subscriber information associated with subscriber(s) of a telecommunications service.

Abstract: Embodiments of wireless communication devices and methods for device discovery is generally described herein. Some of these embodiments describe an apparatus having processing circuitry arranged to configure a single-tone discovery signal for transmission in a symbol in a transmission opportunity based on an assignment pattern. The assignment pattern may define frequency positions, for a set of transmission opportunities, at which the apparatus shall transmit discovery signals in the corresponding transmission opportunity. The apparatus may have physical layer circuitry arranged to transmit the single-tone discovery signal in the corresponding transmission opportunity. Other methods and apparatuses are also described.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method of receiving uplink control information in a communication system.

Abstract: A method includes detecting a data flow between a user equipment in a radio access network (RAN) and a content provider, measuring a delivery performance between the user equipment and a transport manager by inspecting a plurality of data packets in the data flow, and inferring control information associated with the data flow using the measured delivery performance. The transport manager is connected between the RAN and the content provider.

Abstract: A communication device for handling mobility management includes a storage unit for storing instructions and a processing circuit coupled to the storage unit. The processing circuit is configured to execute the instructions stored in the storage unit. The communication device performs attaching to a first network and not having an active Packet Data Network (PDN) connection with the first network; selecting a second network after attaching to the first network; initiating an attach procedure to the second network, if the second network does not support an attach without the PDN connection establishment; and initiating a tracking area update (TAU) procedure to the second network, if the second network supports the attach without the PDN connection establishment.

Abstract: A method for transmitting data by a first station (STA) in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system is disclosed. The method includes configuring, as a radio frame for transmission of the data, a high efficiency extended range single user physical protocol data unit (HE ER SU PPDU) in which a high efficiency signal A (HE-SIG-A) field is repeated, and transmitting the configured HE ER SU PPDU to a second STA in a resource unit (RU) of one of a first type and a second type, the first type having a size of 106 tones and the second type having a size of 242 tones. If the HE ER SU PPDU is transmitted in an RU of the first type, the HE ER SU PPDU is transmitted in an RU of the first type at a fixed position in a primary 20-MHz channel.

Abstract: A method of receiving a synchronization signal for device-to-device (D2D) communication by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system is provided. A synchronization signal is received from a base station (BS) to acquire synchronization. Information on capability of the UE related with a synchronization mode is transmitted to the BS. Information on the synchronization mode indicating a first synchronization mode or a second synchronization mode is received from the BS. A reference synchronization of transmitting a D2D signal is determined based on the synchronization mode. When the information on the synchronization mode indicates the second synchronization mode, a synchronization signal is received from a device except for the BS to acquire synchronization for D2D communication.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a terminal device, in which a sending module sends, in a first uplink subframe on a first carrier, an uplink reference signal to a network device, where the first carrier is a carrier on which the terminal device sends neither uplink data nor uplink control information in uplink; and a processing module determines a first power headroom PHR, where the first PHR is a PHR of a transmit power of the terminal device in the first uplink subframe or a PHR of a transmit power of the terminal device in the first uplink subframe on the first carrier. Special carriers are introduced, and uplink reference signals are sent on the special carriers, so that information, such as downlink channel characteristics, of these special carriers can be obtained by the network device.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are described for resource scheduling for different services in a wireless communications system. A base station or a user equipment (UE) operating within a wireless communication system may, for example, communicate using two or more different configurations of resource (e.g., symbol) duration, while maintaining a common tone spacing, bandwidth, transmission time interval (TTI) designation, or the like. For instance, an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol may be subdivided or segmented, and each segment, which may include a cyclic prefix, may be utilized as a resource unit.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a network processor for processing high volumes of traffic provided by todays access networks at (or near) wireline speeds. The network process can be implemented within a residential gateway to perform, among other functions, routing to deliver high speed data services (e.g., data services with rates up to 10 Gbit/s) from a wide area network (WAN) to end user devices in a local area network (LAN).

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for a carrier aggregation (CA) operation using a Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) carrier and a Time Division Duplex (TDD) carrier in a wireless communication system are provided. The method includes receiving downlink signals via downlink FDD TDD CA using a first carrier operated in an FDD mode and a second carrier operated in a TDD mode and transmitting, via the first carrier, uplink signals corresponding to the downlink signals received via the first and second carriers.

Abstract: Wireless transmission regulation for a frequency band associated with Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) is described. In an example, a sensor associated with a device, which is configured to operate in the frequency band, can scan at least a portion of the frequency band to generate sensor data indicating at least energy present in the portion of the frequency band. The device can determine, based at least in part on analyzing the sensor data, a presence of another device utilizing the frequency band. The other device can be a priority user having priority access over the device. The device can transmit the sensor data to a base station that is configured to analyze the sensor data and determine how to transmit one or more communications within the frequency band, based at least in part on the sensor data and subscriber information associated with subscriber(s) of a telecommunications service.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides processing method including: receiving, by a forwarding plane device, an operation request of a service flow processing policy from a first control domain, the operation request of the service flow processing policy includes a service flow identifier corresponding to a to-be-processed policy; obtaining an identifier of the first control domain according to the operation request of the service flow processing policy; determining whether to allow the first control domain to operate the to-be-processed policy; and if the forwarding plane device determines to allow the first control domain to operate the to-be-processed policy, operating the to-be-processed policy according to the operation request of the service flow processing policy.